9 Coastal and Shelf Sediment Transport Processes and Products of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Monday, 21 March 2016
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Governor Room

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  THE REMARKABLE LATE HOLOCENE SHIFT FROM TRANSGRESSIVE TO HIGHSTAND SEDIMENTATION IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO
  John B. Anderson, Rice University, Houston, TX and Davin Wallace, The University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS and Alexander R. Simms, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and Antonio B. Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC
  273807 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  ASSESSMENT OF MUD-CAPPED DREDGE PIT EVOLUTION OFFSHORE LOUISIANA: IMPLICATIONS TO SAND EXCAVATION AND COASTAL RESTORATION
  Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Mike Miner, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico Region, New Orleans, LA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Chunyan Li, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Jeff Obelcz, Louisiana State University, N/A and Meg O'Connor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  273222 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  QUANTIFYING TIDAL INLETS AS A SINK OF LITTORAL SEDIMENT
  Jaap H. Nienhuis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Instution, Woods Hole, MA and Jaap H. Nienhuis, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Andrew D. Ashton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
  273159 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ARE PONDS RESPONSIBLE FOR PERMANENT MARSH LOSS?
  Giulio Mariotti, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  273277 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  CONNECTING THE BACKWATER HYDRAULICS OF COASTAL RIVERS TO RIVERINE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY
  Anjali M. Fernandes, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Torbjörn E. Tornqvist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Kyle Straub, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and David Mohrig, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  273604 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  GEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MIDDLE BARATARIA BAY RECEIVING BASIN: THE INFLUENCE OF STRATIGRAPHY ON SEDIMENT DIVERSION PROJECTS
  J. Ethan T. Hughes, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Frances R. Crawford, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Edwin J. Bomer, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  273883 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  SEDIMENTATION DYNAMICS AND STRATIGRAPHY OF BRETON SOUND ESTUARY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEDIMENT DIVERSION STRUCTURES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
  Edwin J. Bomer, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and J. Ethan T. Hughes, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Abigail A. Heath, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, BATON ROUGE, LA
  273429 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  DECLINE OF THE SUBAQUEOUS MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FRONT: IMPLICATIONS FOR MUDFLOW HAZARD
  Jillian Maloney, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego, CA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Jeff Obelcz, Louisiana State University, BATON ROUGE, LA and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Ioannis Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Mike Miner, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico Region, New Orleans, LA and Gregory Keller, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  273633 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  INFLUENCES OF HURRICANES, FLOODS, AND ORGANIC PRODUCTION ON RIVER DELTA EVOLUTION
  Crawford White, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Crawford White, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, BATON ROUGE, LA and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  273622 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  SUBAQUEOUS MUDSLIDES ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FRONT: IS SEAFLOOR MOVEMENT DRIVEN EXCLUSIVELY BY KATRINA-SCALE HURRICANES?
  Jeff Obelcz, Louisiana State University, BATON ROUGE, LA and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Samuel J. Bentley, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Ioannis Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Jillian Maloney, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego, CA and Mike Miner, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico Region, New Orleans, LA
  273630 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:05 PM
  LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS IN SHALLOW WATER
  Jinliang Liu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Junhong Liang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Junhong Liang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Junhong Liang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Qin Chen, Louisiana State University, BATON ROUGE, LA and Qin Chen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Qin Chen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  273595 (Theme Sessions)